And for nearly a month, they did. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. But he didn't cash out. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. John left this home in 2002. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Werner said no. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." It wasn't the idea of gambling. "It's a very strong family. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. Christopher Gardner After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. "I'm a big boy." "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. And Brian, the handsome and gregarious youngest brother, was in charge of day-to-day operations at the Flea Market. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. As we do our drive-by on a Tuesday midmorning, there are more than 100 cars in the parking lot. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. Well, guess what? Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. That promised to be a hard sell to the San Jose City Council, which would have to authorize both the new site and the expansion. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. Just so everyone got the point, Jeff Bumb announced to the press that he and Brian were divesting from Bay 101, and records show he eventually sold his shares for $1.4 million. They recorded the conversation. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. "They had to find Snow White and Cinderella," Tim Bumb says, "and that was George and I." AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." He and his brothers had a plan, he says. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. In her 10 years as the Flea Market's community relations specialist, Bryant has come to adore the lack of pretension among this clan of millionaires who have their offices in a mobile home where none of the furniture seems to match. Tim and George Jr. worried that pressuring state and city officials to deal Jeff back in at Bay 101 would backfire and authorities would close down the card room. You think this didn't break my heart?" His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. Tim Bumb says writing a letter on Jeff's behalf would have violated the agreement with the police chief and put the club in jeopardy. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Still Standing: Jeff Bumb, Bay 101's ostracized founder, boasts that despite various local, state and federal investigations over the years he has emerged squeaky clean. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Christopher Gardner And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. Or at least he thought he didn't. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Their pun-afflicted surname adds to the hillbilly mystique. "I'm a big boy." But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. You think this didn't break my heart?" Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. But his dream, which now seemed so close to being a reality, was about to become a nightmare. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. Snow White or Cinderella? It pitted Bumb against Bumb. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. Bumb family attorney Ron Werner suggested that Jeff and his family had a hidden motive for waiting nearly a month to report the incident to police. It pitted Bumb against Bumb. It's like we had no life except for the family." There were flowers everywhere. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. (Tim Bumb, the school's director, says it was put there to save on rent. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. Christopher Gardner Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. Christopher Gardner After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. When the Vatican eliminated Latin from the Catholic mass in the '60s, George Bumb Sr. responded by building his own chapel, named for the rebellious St. Athanasius, at the base of Mt. Christopher Gardner "It's making a whole lot of money," Bumb says of the club which city financial forecasters have predicted will gross $34.6 million this year, $11.5 million more than its cross-town rival, Garden City. In her 10 years as the Flea Market's community relations specialist, Bryant has come to adore the lack of pretension among this clan of millionaires who have their offices in a mobile home where none of the furniture seems to match. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. During the Venzon investigation, San Jose police dug up an old file from November 1990 in which Venzon, a sheriff's deputy, had reported his department-issued Smith & Wesson 9 mm automatic stolen. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. It's like we had no life except for the family." He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. "It's making a whole lot of money," Bumb says of the club which city financial forecasters have predicted will gross $34.6 million this year, $11.5 million more than its cross-town rival, Garden City. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. A FEW DAYS AFTER returning from his son's Oct. 13, 1995, military graduation in San Diego, Jeff and his wife, Elizabeth, got some appalling news: Their 14-year-old daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with an older male cousin. In February 1994, nearly one year after the San Jose City Council gave Bay 101 its blessing, the state denied the Bumbs and their partners' gaming license application. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." Or at least he thought he didn't. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. But there was no gambling done that night. Well, guess what? 250 Second St. San Jose, CA, 95113-2706 (408) 277 - 1231 (408) 277 - 1252 (FAX) (800) 400 - 7115 (Information) Can I sell food or drinks? The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. According to Werner, molestation of his daughter became part of a laundry list of damning things Jeff threatened to disclose if his buy-out demands weren't met. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. Werner said no. Seven of George Bumb Sr.'s eight grown children reside in the eastside foothills within a mile or two of their father, often on the same block. First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. Houses & Cars. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them.
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